House at 184 Geelong Road

184 Geelong Road, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 - Property No 2037010500

All information on this page is maintained by Maribyrnong City. Click below for their website and contact details.

Maribyrnong City

HO39 - House, 184 Geelong Road, Footscray.JPG

Statement of Significance

• Additional Place Information

  • Physical Description 1

    House at 184 Geelong Road - Physical Description 1

    Aptly shaped for its irregular corner site, this house is Bungalow in concept but retains elements from both the previous later Victorian (encaustic veranda tiles) and Edwardian periods. The roof gable however prevails as the dominant form, providing a basis for attic dormers of varying sizes and large areas of shingling. In the same stylistic language as the form is the use of Marseilles pattern roof tiles, the heavy veranda piers and to a lesser degree the clinker brick walls. Throughout, diaper pattern multi-paned lead-lighting is used, while other (Eastern) details include the fretted rafter-ends and boarded eaves. Although, not of a startling concept, the corner siting and the designer's response to it are enhancements to the house's architectural worth.
    

    Integrity

    House at 184 Geelong Road - Integrity

    External Integrity

    Bricks have been painted (albeit brick colour) and the fence replaced.

    Physical Description 2

    House at 184 Geelong Road - Physical Description 2

    Streetscape
    Difficult to perceive since the overpass construction, the house has few contemporary neighbours. Nearby Edwardian and Victorian houses have generally been altered. The distinctive Green's Buildings, at the nearby Barkly Street corner, provides a historical link.
    
    

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Maribyrnong - City of Footscray Urban Conservation Study

    Author: Graeme Butler
    Year: 1989
    Grading:

• Attachments
  • Footscray Urban Conservation Study 1989 - Separate Citation
    
• Location map
• Explore related places
  • Show:
    -- select -- Nearby Places

  • 
    FORMER BARKLY THEATRE

    

    Victorian Heritage Register H0878
  • 
    PRIMARY SCHOOL NO.253

    

    Victorian Heritage Register H1713
  • 
    THE PEBBLES

    

    Victorian Heritage Register H1308
• Public contributions